Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Sloth 5 inches wide

5 inches wide

The catalogue describes it as an “Embroidered French Gingham Dress Pattern

These tall button boots are from a late Victorian design sold by Jack Jacobus Ltd

Materials: Japanese paper and tissue

Accurately Coloured from Nature

Dress #071.4: 1920s dress in black and gold. 2019 Sloth 5 inches wideThis hand stitched black and gold dress is based on an American or European gown from ca. 1928, just when Phryne Fisher was making a splash in St. Kildas, Melbourne. The dress hangs in two tiers, with each edged in Japanese tissue to imitate the floating layers of the original. Japanese chiyogami paper in gold on black stands in for black cotton adorned with a profusion of tiny metallic and black glass beads. It is stitched onto cold pressed 100%